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Our Services

We provide the following services from the offices listed:

Advice

Please note that we DO NOT provide advice via email or to persons outside of the United Kingdom

London Office:

We run advice sessions on Monday, Wednesday and Friday on asylum and protection based human rights issues. We also provide a 24 hour and weekend emergency advice service.

Dover Office:

We provide advice and assistance to asylum seekers in the south east of England, and will visit prisoners or detainees.  We have a number of trained caseworkers that are specialists, only dealing in asylum law.  Additionally we currently deal with a limited number of appeals but intend to expand our work in this area and anticipate that by September our capacity to deal with clients appeals will have grown.  We are funded by a Legal Services Commission contract and provide our services free of charge to financially eligible clients.  To make an appointment telephone or visit the office between 10.00am and 4.00pm Monday to Friday.

Leeds Office:

We have a team of advice and representation caseworkers who run an advice service that is open from 9.30- 3.45 Monday-Wednesday and Friday. Clients are usually seen on an appointment basis and can make appointments by telephone or in person. We are happy to accept referrals from other agencies, subject to capacity.

Our advice and representation team provide representation to asylum seekers on pre and post decision matters.

Representation

London Office:

We provide representation for persons who have claimed asylum. This includes assistance in preparing for ,and representation at full asylum interviews with the Home Office or Immigration Service, and assistance in completing applications with detailed written submissions to the Home Office.

 For those granted refugee status, we provide advice and representation on obtaining travel documents, making applications for family re-unification, extensions of leave. We also assist clients who we have been representing throughout their asylum claim with applications for British nationality.

If you would like us to provide you with representation, you should contact our Advice Team. Please note that our resources are limited and we cannot assist everyone who seeks our help.

Appeals

London Office:

We provide representation to appellants at appeals before the adjudicator and the Immigration Appeals Tribunal. If you would like us to provide you with representation at appeal, you should contact our Advice Team. Please note that our resources are limited and we cannot assist everyone who seeks our help.

Leeds Office:

We have two teams of appeals caseworkers who represent clients at their appeal hearings. They prepare and present appeals in front of the Special Adjudicator at the Immigration Appellate Authority. We can refer appeals to the Immigration Appellate Tribunal down to our Tribunal team in our London office.

Judicial Review/Court of Appeal 

London Office:

In appropriate cases, we provide representation to applicants seeking to challenge decisions by way of judicial review or, where possible, by way of an appeal to the Court of Appeal. This service is only provided to existing clients of the RLC.